Examiner William Porter

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2011 (180 months ago).

Examiner William Porter appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 12.8%, they average 2.40 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.40

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2009-2011)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 39
Granted Applications: 5
Non-Granted Applications: 34
Avg OA / Grant: 2.40
Last OA Observed: June 2011 (180 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3623
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	12.8%	2.40
Art Unit	43	27.8%	2.96
Group	362	27.1%	2.85
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	12	1	8.3%
2010	16	1	6.3%
2011	11	3	27.3%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

5 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	39	0.0%	23.1%	76.9%	0.0%
2	18	0.0%	16.7%	83.3%	0.0%
3	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%